Here Are Your Free PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games For January, 2026 – WGB

2026 is upon us, buddies, and whereas that’s a scary thought, it additionally means we now have one other month of free PlayStation Plus Important month-to-month video games so as to add to our library. Now, what’s fascinating is PlayStation was supposed to be enacting the promise it made at the beginning of 2025 to stop putting PS4 games into the monthly freebies. But by some means, there’s a PS4 sport on this month’s choice. So what’s happening?

Placing that thriller apart, let’s delve into the video games. These three titles will probably be obtainable to obtain and hold from January 6, and will probably be playable as long as you’ve got an energetic PlayStation Plus subscription.

Main the pack this month is the most recent sport within the Want For Pace franchise, Want For Pace: Unbound for PS5. I reviewed this one back when it released in 2022 and found it to be a solid game. The road racing is enjoyable, the dealing with stable, customisation is first rate and it’s all held collectively by a narrative that makes you need to strangle some folks. Basic Want For Pace, in different phrases.

Right here’s blurb: “Begin on the backside, race to the highest within the newest entry within the iconic Want for Pace franchise. With separate single and multiplayer campaigns, this newest version within the Want for Pace franchise from Criterion Video games delivers hours of electrical, adrenaline-pumping racing motion. Race in opposition to time, outsmart the cops, and tackle weekly qualifiers to achieve The Grand, Lakeshore’s final avenue racing problem. Pack your storage with precision-tuned, customized rides and light-weight up the streets along with your type, unique matches, and a vibrant international soundtrack that bumps in each nook of the world.” 

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (PS4, PS5) is up subsequent and is my private decide of the month just because I’ve been desirous to play it. As an replace to the 2010 sport, it reviewed fairly nicely, holding a solid 77 on Opencritic and a “Very Positive” user rating on Steam. However actually, I simply don’t need to say something dangerous in case Disney kicks down my entrance door and drags me off to one among their secret underground lairs. Am I kidding? Possibly.

“Play as Mickey Mouse and embark on an epic journey by way of Wasteland, a realm of forgotten Disney characters. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed brings the magic of Disney to life in a vibrant 3D platformer. This stunning remake sends Mickey right into a fantastical world the place you employ paint and thinner to form your journey and the destiny of this alternate world. Each stroke of your magic brush issues! Use paint to revive magnificence and concord or thinner to change your atmosphere and uncover hidden secrets and techniques. Encounter iconic characters like Oswald the Fortunate Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first creation. Gather digital Disney pins and deal with artistic challenges whereas exploring traditional platforming ranges impressed by animated movies and shorts.”

Final however definitely not least, we now have Core Keeper (PS4, PS5), a sport I do know nearly nothing about, so right here’s the blurb as an alternative: “Awaken as an explorer in a long-forgotten cavern teeming with untold secrets and techniques. On this award-winning, 1-8 participant mining sandbox journey, your selections form an epic journey. Harvest relics and assets, craft superior instruments, construct your base, and discover a dynamically evolving world ready to be unearthed. Degree up your abilities, defeat legendary Titans, and unveil the facility of the Core. Develop your backyard, fish in mysterious waters, grasp an enormous array of recipes, increase and take care of animals, encounter the Cavelings, and carve out your individual distinctive world in a fascinating underground journey.”

Total, it is a meh month for me, however I’m fairly pleased to play Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, in order that’s good. Let know what you consider this month’s lineup within the feedback beneath.